Pledge
May the groom's vows adventure from heart to soul
Forever like restless surges in endless circles roll.
May the bride's vows yoke rivulets to the doting main
With interlinked steps of brass chain.
May these vows, arouse the starry court of Jove
To shower sleets of diamonds upon the garden of love.
May these vows, invoke the celestial flame in heat ringlets rolled
To flood these darling breasts with temperate rays of warm gold.
May this marriage, possess a vernal beautiful face
That flushes with a purple grace.
May this marriage, bear abundant fruits without stains
Endowed with tongues, silent and sweet like sugarcanes.
May this marriage, be white as unsullied milk
Comforting as heaped cotton blended with silk.
May this marriage embrace the divine gift
Of Peace gained without the dreary prize of conflict.
May this marriage, joyous silver tears ferment
Each day in laughter pent, every night in paradise spent.
May this marriage, mingle memories with delight
And cleave darkness with pointed javelins of light.
May this marriage, sail down the heaved tides of time
With wise measured pace, keeping gentle rhyme.
May these twined vows, bridge endeared memories to heart
Amidst wild solitude when loving souls apart.
When winter rough winds, dare cleave the impassioned pair
May this marriage, bask in the umbrageous shade of prayer.
May these vows, balm future deepest pangs
And disarm advancing ireful storms befit with fangs.
May these vows, build a house with unbarred gate
That recieves and freely gives without concealed hate.
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